A newer set of immobile element based, highly successful diagrams currently under preparation (2010) should provide a complementary set to the existing diagrams (2006−2008) for a better application of this important geochemical tool. Further work on these lines is still necessary to propose discrimination diagrams for other types of magmas such as those of intermediate silica compositions. | Statistical evaluation of bivariate, ternary and discriminant function tectonomagmatic discrimination diagrams